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To : Janis Kracht
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Tue Jun 20 2023 12:52:46
Hi Janis,
JK> I'm sorry it has taken me a few days to reply... We bought a new pup
JK> yesterday and she is just so wonderful :) She is 82 pounds, a central
JK> asian shepherd mix (and German Sheperd). We had to travel about an
JK> hour to get her, but she is just so worth it. I called her a "pup"
JK> but she is about 4 years old... no papers, but when our vet sees her,
JK> I'm sure he'll be able to tell us if that is accurate :)
Fun times! Give her a hug from me.
>> Your trip sounds like it was really interesting - So sorry about the
>> Covid.. My daughter also got it from one of her trips for work. I
>> think she is all over now, but I still check on her. :(
JK> > We're done with the worst of it, just a bit more congestion than
JK> usual > now. Some of it could be due to summer pollen now.
JK> Yes, 'tis the season... I also suffer from that, but it hasn't been
JK> too bad this year. I hope it stays that way over here (grin).
The Canadian fires haven't helped. Hopefully they'll be well under
control by the beginning of July; we're going up to VT to do VBS in a
city park. I don't want to come back with another case of bronchitis.
>> This year, we visited Gettysburg again, I love visiting there - I
>> always see something new.
JK> > We've not been there in some years. Last time we went, we bought the
JK> > narrated tour (CD) and did the self guided thing--a lot better than
JK> the > time I went with my parents. Then we just hit up a couple of the
JK> > highlights and called it a "tour".
JK> I can understand that :) Sometimes the tours take forever.
The self guided ones let you skip parts you weren't as interested in.
The "tour" with the parents we just saw what was out in the open in a
couple of places, mostly monuments.
JK> > Sam was adopted out to a family down the street. We'd gotten him the
JK> > same way, when a family had orders for Scotland and didn't want to
JK> put > him thru a 6 month quarerentine. HI had a 4 month one, but Sam
JK> was 12 by > then and wouldn't have done well in it.
JK> It is so hard when they start "aging" :(
Yes, and even worse when your parents are aged enough that they can't
take care of the pet properly. Saw that with my folks and the last dog
they had.
>> great! Chester, was I named after Howlin' Wolf the singer because
JK> > he JK> howled so loudly :) The stinker bit me on our way to KY when
JK> we > moved JK> down there, but I think the move traumatized him a
JK> bit... He > was find JK> after we got there.
JK> > Sam was pre named--we got him when he was 4. Funny thing was, our
JK> > neighbors across the street had a cocker spaniel named Sam also. We
JK> > called ours, our comic relief because he was so goofy.
JK> Yes, cocker spaniels can be so goofy :) Ours was goofy as well :)
JK> > He bonded fast
JK> > with our younger daughter; she was his person and he'd take her side
JK> in > "heated discussions" with her dad. (G)
JK> That is so great when a pup attaches to a family member :)
It was pure funny to see the two of them sometimes. Neveer did get a
video of them "singing" duets tho.
>> >Hopefully Sophie will pass easily and you will have JK> > lots of
JK> > happy memories of her.
>> Yes it is so very hard. I pass by things she used in the house and
>> start crying again. But she's at rest now. My poor dog, I miss her so
>> much.
JK> > But she's not suffering any more.
JK> True. And now, we have a huge and comical dog,
Enjoy her.
>> echo... I miss it.
JK> > So get on it more often--we need all the active members we can get.
JK> I will, life just gets a little whacky some days, I guess :)
i understand; we're getting ready to travel again. I'm trying to finish
a sewing project for my MIL so I can take my machine in for a tune up
while we're gone. It should be done tomorrow--barring changes in the
schedule. (G)
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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